EC3 - Earth-Centered Communication for Cyberinfrastructure: Challenges of field data collection, management, and integration

在该领域工作的科学家在记录、存储和表示数据时有一组共同的问题。来自不同地质界的成员将有机会与一组网络基础设施和软件开发专业人员和研究人员讨论他们在实地收集的数据类型，这将使他们受益匪浅。通过在现场举行会议，计算机科学家将更好地了解通常在现场收集的数据类型、收集这些数据的常用方法、所使用的现场工具/技术、数据记录惯例以及这些数据通常涉及的问题类型。“实地考察”是欣赏地质学概念的理想场所，与其他专业人员一起在实地工作的行为往往会培养个人联系，从而促进成功的合作和思想交流。该区域网络的工作将促进地质实地数据的数字化。研究人员将采取以下步骤：1)记录目前在实地数据收集方面存在的问题；2)建立一个专门针对青年研究人员的讨论和探讨实地数据收集问题的社区；3)激励不同的社区就与数字化有关的共同问题开展合作；4)评估在创建开放和可访问的数据方面所缺少的东西。RCN提案的目标是发展网络基础设施社区与实地固体地球科学相关人员之间的交流。为了促进对这些活动的了解，他们将举行一系列非正式和正式会议，作为国家会议--在政府间理事会举办的讲习班，以及在政府间理事会和亚洲及太平洋理事会举行的市政厅会议。最初会议的目标是：1)培养社区对EarthCube相关活动的认识，2)发现和编目额外的现有资源，3)确定出版的方式？信用？为了记录和共享数字数据，4)确定交换所网站最有用的属性，以及5)找到激励社区迅速转向数字数据收集/转换和数据共享的方法。

Scientists who work in the field have a common set of issues when it comes to documenting,storing, and representing data. Members from the different geological communities would benefitgreatly from the opportunity to discuss the types of data that they collect in the field with a group of cyberinfrastructure and software development professionals and researchers. By holding meetings in the field, the computer scientists will gain a better appreciation for the types of data that are typically collected in the field, common methods for collecting those data, the field tools/technology that are employed, data recording conventions, and the types of question typically addressed with these data. "The field" is an ideal location for appreciating geological concepts, and the very act of being in the field, together with other professionals, often foster personal connections that promote successful collaborationsand the exchange of ideas. Work on this RCN will facilitate digitization of geological field data. The researchers will take steps to: 1) Document what exists currently for field data collection; 2) Assemble a community for discussing and exploring field data collection issues, specifically targeting young investigators; 3) Motivate distinct communities to work together on common issues associated with digitization; 4) Evaluate what is missing in the creation of open and accessible data. The objective of the RCN Proposal is to develop communication between cyberinfrastructure community and those involved in field-based, solid earth geoscience. In order to facilitate knowledge of the activities, they will conduct a series of both informal and formal meetings as national meetings - workshops at GSA and townhall meetings at AGU and AAPG). The goal of the initial meetings will be to: 1) foster community awareness of EarthCube-related activities, 2) discover and catalog the additional existing resources, 3) determine ways of giving publication ?credit? for recording and sharing digital data, 4) identify attributes of a clearinghouse website that would be most useful, and 5) find ways of motivating the community to move quickly toward digital data collection/conversion and data sharing.